Newsletter 27th November 2015

What a great week! Firstly thanks to all of the donations for the Christmas Fayre. There are a huge amount of items which can be utilised. Please do come along and support the Christmas Fayre this Saturday, which takes place between 12:30 pm and 3:00 pm. It promises to be a lovely, festive event and possibly your child’s first opportunity to visit Santa this Christmas!

We welcomed 16 visitors into school on Wednesday as part of our partnerships with the Maths Hub. We have been trialling and embedding some excellent approaches to teaching and learning fluency and mastery in Maths and were very pleased to be chosen as a host school to show off examples of excellent practice. My thanks to Miss Gascoigne for her involvement in this. 

We have achieved a further Sports Award. Last Friday the school was moderated by the School Games Council. We are proud to announce that Robin Hood has been awarded a bronze validation, which recognises the developments in our school sport. The Active team has worked hard to ensure that we continue to move forward in our sporting opportunities and we are extremely proud that we have been recognised for our progress in this area! We look forward to another exciting year ahead for our children.

Thanks to all parents who attended SEN review meetings this week. Class teachers, Miss Pyatt and Mrs Cookson were very encouraged by everyone’s positive engagement.

Finally, a request to ask that all parents respect the residents on the Rowans. The gate into school was intended as a safe route for walking parents and there have been several reports of inconsiderate parking. Thanks.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs Dale

Newsletter 20th November 2015

Dear Parent/ Carer,

I would like to start by saying a huge thank you to you all for your contributions towards various charities over the past weeks. Children in Need was a huge success with the last figure showing that £2537 was raised. This is a huge achievement for all pupils who took ownership over and supported the activities. We also raised a fantastic £486.41 for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.

The ASA aquatics awards were last Saturday and we were lucky enough to be nominated for “Swimming Charter - Primary School of the Year”. These awards showcase the very best of British swimming from junior level right up to elite level. We were delighted to receive the Bronze award (out of 27 schools) and this was in recognition of the high quality provision we provide and the high percentage of children who met the national curriculum requirements of swimming 25m. A huge thanks to Mr Grenfell and Mr Knight for going to Leamington Spa to receive the award and a special mention to Mrs Moore for improving the quality and profile of our swimming provision.

Christmas performances/parties
11th December  9:30 - 10:30a.m.                           2:00- 3:00p.m.	Reception Christmas performance
15th December   9:30 - 10:30a.m.	Year 1 Christmas performance
15th December   5:00 - 6:00p.m.	Year 2 Christmas performance
16th December   9:30 - 10:30a.m.	Year 2 Christmas performance
16th December   1:45 - 2:45p.m.	Year 3/ 4 Christmas performance
16th December   5:00 - 6:00p.m.	Year 1 Christmas performance
17th December   9:30 - 10:30a.m.                              5:00 - 6:00p.m.	Year 3/ 4 Christmas performance
18th December	Christmas party day

Talking of Christmas, we are looking forward to treating the children to a professional Pantomime performance of Cinderella in school on Wednesday 9^th December.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs Dale

Newsletter 9 13th November 2015

Dear Parent/ Carer,
What a wonderful week we have had!
We started the week with an assembly highlighting the significance of Poppy Day and took opportunities to think about those who lost their lives in the World Wars as well as those who continue to fight for our country. We have created a school display to remember our heroes and highlight the importance of the Poppy Appeal.
Our Champions of Change (Year 5/6) have continued to lead fund raising activities for Children In Need, which has cumulated in our assembly today, Robin Hood’s Got Talent and non-uniform day. It has been fantastic to see the children take ownership over these events and even counting up the funds and putting into spreadsheets- great life skills. We even had a visit from the real Pudsey Bear.
We held our Governor’s Day yesterday and welcomed Mrs Millson, Mrs Findlay, Mr Reid, Mrs Hey and Councillor Mulherin. They were all highly impressed with how polite, engaged and motivated the children are. They made many very positive comments on the quality of teaching and learning and how we are very competently working on our areas for development. I felt extremely proud to show off such confident and brilliant learners as well as the very best teachers and assistants.
I must also mention another highlight of this week which was the Nursery assemblies; the confidence of our youngest learners is truly amazing- a joy to watch!
School Gate from The Rowans
The gate at the bottom of the playground will be open for a trial period for children coming into school from The Rowans. This trial will be from Monday 16th November up to the Christmas break. The safeguarding of our children is paramount and the possibility of other traffic using The Rowans will be monitored. The gate will be open from 08:45 until 09:00 and from 15:00 until 15:30 unfortunately it cannot be open any other time as this effectively creates a security and safeguarding issue of access into the playground. We will welcome feedback from parents living on The Rowans.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs Dale

Newsletter 8 6th November 2015-2016

Dear Parent/ Carer,

Hope you all had a great and restful half term.

Our pupils enjoyed a Bonfire menu this week and were very excited to talk to me about the excitement of the Fireworks events they were going to be attending.

Some parents have been asking if we are partaking in the Operation Christmas Child appeal this year. We will be collecting shoe boxes up until the 16^th November. Please refer to the leaflets that have been sent out.

The children have been fantastic this week, baking buns and washing cars for the Children in Need charity. They really are being Champions for Change; it’s great to see!

Anti-bullying week is coming soon. During the week of 16^th November, children will be partaking in a whole host of activities which will help them to identify and deal with bullying better. More information to follow…

Next Thursday, we will be hosting a Governor’s Day. Governors are invited to come and visit school for all or part of the day to see the fabulous learning and other fantastic opportunities that we offer our pupils. We are extremely proud of our school and are keen to show it off!

Have a great weekend!

Mrs Dale